If you use this to develop your garden, you could have Salmonella, tell experts
Do not let this common mistake put your health and safety at risk.
With the summer approaching quickly, many people around the United States will impatient their gardens, hoping they will produce a premium of vegetables, fruits and flowers in the months to come. However, there is a common gardening habit that could do you seriously ill, experts warn. Read it to find out what gardening error you can not afford to make this summer.
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The products of animal composting origin can introduce harmful bacteria into your garden.
While making compost of food remains can be an ecological way of developing your own food, adding incorrect mixing ingredients could potentially compromise your health.
"Meat, bones and dairy products do not belong to a typical household compost stack and can introduce harmful bacteria and attract pests to your soil and gardens," saysDarby Hoover, a senior resource specialist at theNatural Resources Advice (NRDC).
Hoover also notes that "added grease and fat from these types of products can also upset things together and prevent the necessary air flow."
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The bacteria are rarely absorbed by the soil in the edible flesh of the plants.
A research of the 2012 research published in the journalPathogens and foodborne disease found that there had been several cases of internalized salmonella in plants throughContamination under growth conditions.
Salmonella has been found in the roots of lettuce, radish and lettuce plants, barley roots and shoots, as well as all major peanut tissues - however, all aforementioned crops had been cultivated hydroponically , which means that no floor had been used. The researchers of the study concluded that the contamination of salmonella by the flesh of a plant through the soil was unlikely.
However, this can be introduced during the harvest process.
Although the soil may not be a common culprit in the contamination of Salmonella, dangerous bacteria can be introduced in crops during the harvest period.
A 2012 study published in theAnnual review of food science and technology found that pathogens like Salmonella can be introduced into products because of tinySections their external tissues during the harvesting process. In a study published the same year in theInternational Journal of MicrobiologyThe researchers discovered that the cantaloupes who cameContact with contaminated soil Alylated Salmonella detectable on their skins, which could be introduced into the fruit flesh if it was later cut.
Keep compost at hotter temperatures can help protect your health.
Although not introducing animal products into your compost is your best choice to protect your health, keeping your compost at a suitable temperature - something easily measured with a compost-compost thermometer - can also help.
According to a 2012 study published in theInternational Journal of Microbiology,Salmonella in the compost Has been inactivated after only 24 hours in a 140-degree Fahrenheit environment, but survived for three full days in an environment just 18 degrees cool.
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